The Pew Research Internet Project gave respondents a 13-question survey on how well they know the Web. Click through to see how well you do.
How well do you know the Internet? —
The Pew Research Internet Project gave respondents a 13-question survey on how well they know the Web. Click through to see how well you do.
Battle For the Net
OK, we'll start you off with the survey's easiest question. Who is this technology leader: Steve Jobs of Apple, Sergey Brin of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook or Bill Gates of Microsoft?
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OK, we'll start you off with the survey's easiest question. Who is this technology leader: Steve Jobs of Apple, Sergey Brin of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook or Bill Gates of Microsoft?
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If you knew that was Bill Gates of Microsoft, you're with 83% of respondents. Next question: True or false? Twitter limits posts to 140 characters.
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If you knew that was Bill Gates of Microsoft, you're with 83% of respondents. Next question: True or false? Twitter limits posts to 140 characters.
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We thought that was another "gimme," but only 60% knew that, yes, Twitter posts only go up to 140 characters. Next! The Apple iPhone was first released in what year: 2005, 2007, 2009 or 2011?
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We thought that was another "gimme," but only 60% knew that, yes, Twitter posts only go up to 140 characters. Next! The Apple iPhone was first released in what year: 2005, 2007, 2009 or 2011?
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Only 36% in the poll knew the first iPhone came out in 2007. Now, a possibly tougher ID. Who is this Internet leader: Marissa Mayer of Yahoo, Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Meg Whitman of Hewlett-Packard or Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post?
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Only 36% in the poll knew the first iPhone came out in 2007. Now, a possibly tougher ID. Who is this Internet leader: Marissa Mayer of Yahoo, Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Meg Whitman of Hewlett-Packard or Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post?
If you knew that was Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, you were among only 21% who took the poll. Now ... math. Choose the bigger amount of information: a megabyte or a kilobyte.
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If you knew that was Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, you were among only 21% who took the poll. Now ... math. Choose the bigger amount of information: a megabyte or a kilobyte.
Seventy-four percent knew it's megabyte by a mile. That's about 1 million bytes, compared with a kilobyte, which is 1,024 bytes of memory. Now, what was the first university where students could use Facebook?
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Seventy-four percent knew it's megabyte by a mile. That's about 1 million bytes, compared with a kilobyte, which is 1,024 bytes of memory. Now, what was the first university where students could use Facebook?
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Facebook rolled out at CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard, of course. (Though, only 42% of respondents knew that.) Next! "Net neutrality" refers to: nonpartisan postings on the Internet, a promise by users of a website that they will not be critical, equal treatment of digital content by internet service companies or the way Wikipedia editors are instructed to handle new entries.
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Facebook rolled out at CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard, of course. (Though, only 42% of respondents knew that.) Next! "Net neutrality" refers to: nonpartisan postings on the Internet, a promise by users of a website that they will not be critical, equal treatment of digital content by internet service companies or the way Wikipedia editors are instructed to handle new entries.
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"Net neutrality" refers to providers having to deliver data to all equally; 61% knew that. Next question! True or false? The Internet and World Wide Web are the same thing.
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"Net neutrality" refers to providers having to deliver data to all equally; 61% knew that. Next question! True or false? The Internet and World Wide Web are the same thing.
That was false. The Internet is the backbone the Web is built upon. Now, what does URL stand for: ultra reliable linkage, user responsibility liability, unique rate limit or uniform resource locator?
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That was false. The Internet is the backbone the Web is built upon. Now, what does URL stand for: ultra reliable linkage, user responsibility liability, unique rate limit or uniform resource locator?
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If you knew that was uniform resource locator, you're with 69% of respondents. Next: True or false? Moore's Law relates to how many transistors can be put on a computer chip.
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If you knew that was uniform resource locator, you're with 69% of respondents. Next: True or false? Moore's Law relates to how many transistors can be put on a computer chip.
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That was true. But only 34% of respondents got it right. Next question is another true or false: When a company posts a privacy policy, it ensures that the company keeps confidential all the information it collects on users.
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That was true. But only 34% of respondents got it right. Next question is another true or false: When a company posts a privacy policy, it ensures that the company keeps confidential all the information it collects on users.
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False. Privacy policies can say any number of things about your information (44% knew that). Next ... The first widely popular graphical Web browser, released in 1993, was: Netscape Navigator, Mosaic, Internet Explorer or Opera.
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False. Privacy policies can say any number of things about your information (44% knew that). Next ... The first widely popular graphical Web browser, released in 1993, was: Netscape Navigator, Mosaic, Internet Explorer or Opera.
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This was the toughest question on the survey. Only 9% knew that Mosaic, created in 1992, came first. Next question: "Hashtags" are widely used on which website?
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This was the toughest question on the survey. Only 9% knew that Mosaic, created in 1992, came first. Next question: "Hashtags" are widely used on which website?
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Another Twitter question. The second-easiest question behind Bill Gates, 82% got it right. True or false? A wiki is a form of online collaboration tool.
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Another Twitter question. The second-easiest question behind Bill Gates, 82% got it right. True or false? A wiki is a form of online collaboration tool.
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That's true. Wikipedia, the crowdsourced online encyclopedia, is the most famous wiki. Last question! Another true or false: A PDF file can be sent using any email program.
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That's true. Wikipedia, the crowdsourced online encyclopedia, is the most famous wiki. Last question! Another true or false: A PDF file can be sent using any email program.
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That's true! PDFs (an abbreviation for "portable document format") are designed to be shared. So, how did you do? Let us know in the comments.
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That's true! PDFs (an abbreviation for "portable document format") are designed to be shared. So, how did you do? Let us know in the comments.
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